The European Union on Friday handed over a proposal aimed at boosting global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by easing regulatory hurdles, but it stopped short of calling on countries to suspend intellectual property protections on the vaccines.
Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op vrijdag 4 juni 2021.
Today, the EU has submitted its proposal seeking the commitment of World Trade Organization (WTO) members for a multilateral trade action plan to expand the production of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and ensure universal and fair access. With this proposal to the WTO, divided in two communications, the EU underlines the WTO s central role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and urges fellow WTO members to agree on a set of commitments, including on intellectual property rights.
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“The EU has actively shown solidarity with the world since the beginning of the pandemic. The European Union authorized exports of around half of the total amount of vaccines produced in Europe. Our immediate, urgent goal is to ensure equitable access for low - and middle-income countries, to share vaccines wider and faster. And we continue to help ramping up production. The EU proposes concrete sho
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